Max hilliger



(No Model.)

M. HILLIGER.

SKATE.

No. 339,178. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

arts STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX HILLIGER, OF DOHNA, SAXONY, GERMANY.

SKATE.

:QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,178, dated April 6, 1886.

Application filed November 24,1885. Serial No. 153,848.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, MAX HILLIGER, of the town of Dohna, in the Kingdom ofSaXony and German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates, and of which I declare the following to be a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in skates, and it consists of the rotary sole rail or brace, the adjustable toepiece,and the movable heel-piece, which latter is pressed against the heel of the boot by means of asuitable spring.

The skates,as represented in the accompanying drawing, consists of theblade to which a toeplate is fixed provided with a suitable bolt or screw and winged nut,so that the said plate can be adjusted. in a slot in the blade, and ofa movable heel-plate attached to the rear end of the said blade, which is held in position by a suit able spring.

In order to support the ball of the foot, I apply a sole rail or brace to the blade somewhat forward of the center of the blade, which said rail or brace can move around asuitable screw, so that the same when not in use can be turned into a position parallel to the blade of the skate, thus enabling thesaid skate to be packed in a very small space, the skate not occupying more space than the length, breadth, and thickness of the blade and the toe and heel plates.

Figurel represents a side view or elevation of my improved skate, the position of the rail or brace a when the skate is not in use being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a top View or plan of the same with the rail or brace c in position ready for use.

Ais the blade of the skate.

a is the toe-plate; a, the teeth to the same; (E, the winged or pressure nut for fixing the said toe-piece a in position.

a is a slot in the blade to permit the adjustment of the aforesaid toe-plate a.

b is the movable heel-plate; I), the pegs, centers, or conically-pointed studs which penetrate into the material of the heel of the boot or shoe.

b" is the pivot around which the heel-pieceb moves.

0 is the rail or brace attached to the bladeA of the skate somewhat forward of the center of (No model.)

the same, for supporting the ball of the foot, which said rail or brace is arranged to rotate in the horizontal plane, and a suitablebolt, screw, or pivot, 0

c are small conical pegs or pointed studs, which penetrate into the sole of the boot or shoe so as to retain the same in constant position on the said rail or brace.

d is the bolt, rivet, or screw for attaching the bearing (1 to the blade of the skate.

e is a screw for attaching the spring f to the rear end of the blade.

f is a strong flat spring, which operates on the rearsurface of theheel-plate b,so as to firmly press the pegs or pointed studs 1) into the heel of the boot or shoe.

The operation of putting on or applying the skate to the boot or shoe of the wearer is as follows: The toe-plate a is first adjusted to the length of the foot of the wearer by loosening the winged or pressure nut a and adjusting the said toe-plate in the slot a of the blade A in such manner that the teeth a of the said toeplate a will firmly grip the toe or forward end of the boot or shoe, then tightening up the nut a so that the aforesaid toe-piece is firmly attached to the blade A. The rail or brace c is now placed in position rectangular to the blade A, and firmly fixed in this said position, and the heelplate b so pressed to the rear that the skate can be applied to the boot or shoe of the wearer. The heel plate being released, the powerful spring f can press the tips, pegs, or pointed studs d firmly into the heel of the said boot or shoe, which is thereby securely attached to the said skate.

It will be evident that my improved skate can be rapidly and readily applied to the boot or shoe of the skater, and can be removed with like facility by pressing back the heel-piece b so as to free the pegs or pointed studs b from their grip in the heel of the boot or shoe of the wearer.

Having now described my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, what I claim is 1. In skates, the combination of the blade A with the adjustable toe-plate a, teeth a, pressure-nut a and slot a, substantially as described and shown.

2. In skates, the combination of the bladeA with the movable heel-plate b, pegs or pointed studs 12, and pivot 11 substantially as described and shown.

5 3. In skates, the combination of theblade A with the rail or'brace c, the bolt, screw, or pivot 0 and the pegs or pointed studs 0, substantially as described and shown.

4. In skates, the combination of the blade A,

10 rail or brace '0, pointed studs or pegs c, and the bolt, screw, or pivot cflwith the bearing 11, and rivet, bolt, or screw, d", substantially as describedandshown. V V

5. In skates, the combination of the blade A I 5 with the spring f, screw e, and heel-plate b,

' substantially as and for the purpose set forth in the foregoing specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

-6. In skates, the combination of the blade A,

toe-piece a, teeth a, winged nut a slot a 20 M AX HILLIGER.

' Witnesses:

OTTO WoLFF, PAUL DINCKUMELL. 

